Definition of Palatines

1. Noun. (plural of palatine) ¹

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Definition of Palatines

1. palatine [n] - See also: palatine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatines

palatine bone
palatine bones
palatine glands
palatine groove
palatine papilla
palatine process
palatine raphe
palatine ridge
palatine spines
palatine surface of horizontal plate of palatine bone
palatine tonsil
palatine tonsils
palatine torus
palatine uvula
palatine vein
palatines (current term)
palating
palatinose
palatitis
palative
palatize
palatized
palatizes
palatizing
palato-
palatoethmoidal suture
palatoglossal
palatoglossal arch
palatoglossus
palatoglossus muscle

Literary usage of Palatines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the by Nathaniel Soley Benton (1856)
"The Immigration of the palatines — Joshua ... arrival — His Instructions — John Conrad Weiser — Third Arrival of palatines, 1722 —Burnet to Board of Trade ..."

2. The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans: Embracing an Account of Their Origin by William Beidelman (1898)
"palatines settle in Ireland. New York received a large German immigration at an ... The influences which operated to send many palatines to Pennsylvania, ..."

3. Maryland as a Proprietary Province by Newton Dennison Mereness (1901)
"ments nor by the making of hemp on the eastern shore, but through the opening, chiefly by the industrious palatines, of the resources of the rich wheat ..."

4. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1907)
"If the palatines were to be purveyors for the English navy, ... All the documents with reference to the palatines are to be found in the New York Historical ..."

5. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"A Paper being drawn up to be signed by those palatines, who should come into this Provinc with an Intention to settle therein, pursuant to the order of this ..."

6. German Achievements in America: A Tribute to the Memory of the Men and Women by Rudolf Cronau (1916)
"Furthermore, the government, instead of granting the palatines the same privileges that ... So the palatines were settled along the shores of the Hudson, ..."

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